Morphological characterization of a human glioma cell line

Cancer Cell International

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Machado, Camila M L ^a   Schenka, André ^a   Vassallo, José ^a   Tamashiro, Wirla M S C ^a   Gonçalves, Estela M ^a   Genari, Selma C ^a   Verinaud, Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENDRITIC CELL; FIBROBLAST; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLUS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 26844450612     PISSN: 14752867     EISSN: 14752867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-5-13     Document Type: Article

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